English Explanatory Dictionary

Bernoulli distribution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A discrete probability distribution that represents the result of a single trial, taking value 1 with "success" probability p and value 0 with "failure" probability q=1-p.

Word forms

Bernoulli distribution Bernoulli distributions

Etymology

After Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli (1654—1705), one of many noted mathematicians of the Bernoulli family, who made important contributions to the field of probability.

Related words

Bernoulli random variable
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